MPSA 2016 Call for Proposals

The 74th annual MPSA conference will be held April 7-10, 2016 at the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago. Conference presentations are organized by topic in more than 80 sections based on different subfields or areas of study. Many of these are interdisciplinary and draw scholars from different fields, providing a variety of perspectives.

Attendees of the 2015 conference were asked what they thought of the conference, and they were quite positive:

• Papers at the MPSA were seen as better than papers at “other conferences of this type” (by a ratio of 2.3:1) as were the discussants (by a ratio of 2.7:1).
• Overall, the MPSA conference was seen as "better than others of its type" by a ratio of 2.5:1.
• Over 90% of the MPSA survey respondents said that they would recommend the conference to a colleague.

MPSA 2016 Call for Proposals    
Complete Panel Deadline: September 24, 2015 
Paper and Roundtable Deadline: October 1, 2015
Poster Proposal Deadline: December 10, 2015

COMPLETE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Important Reminder:  You must be logged in to the website to submit a proposal. New to the site or need help logging in? If you have previously registered for an account (eg conference attendee, past member), but cannot remember your username or password, please save time and confusion by clicking here to retrieve your existing username and password. If you do not have an account for the website, click here to register for an account on the site. 

The 2016 MPSA Annual Conference Program Co-Chairs and section heads invite you to submit proposals that reflect the best thinking in the discipline, informed by theory, research and practical application.  The committee invites proposals in over 80 sections  in a variety of formats from all political science subfields. The 2016 conference introduces two new session formats: Symposia and Research Blitz. This year also marks the return of popular professional development sessions, the Junior Scholar Symposium, the Empire Lecture Series, networking receptions and mentoring receptions. 

Proposals must be submitted electronically. Full instructions for doing so can be found on our Submission Guidelines page. 

Program participants are not required to be MPSA members, though all participating presenters are required to register for the conference and MPSA members receive significant registration discounts. After completing the formal proposal submission process, submitters will be invited to indicate interest in a variety of networking experiences taking place at the conference.

Proposals must be submitted electronically with complete information on co-authors and presentation details by October 1, 2015. Questions about the content of proposals should be directed to the Program Committee Co-Chairs or section heads . Questions about policies, presentation formats, and the electronic submissions process should be directed to MPSA staff at conf@mpsanet.org.

Useful Links to Help You Prepare for MPSA 2016  

Important Deadlines  
Session Formats and Role Descriptions  
Section Descriptions and Contacts  
Programs and Photos from Past MPSA Conferences

Follow the conference on Twitter using #MPSA16 

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